Change Log

Who this is for. Anyone tracking what changed in SmartResearch. See the Roles and Access Reference.

What changed in each SmartResearch release. Releases are listed newest first.

This log covers product changes.

Release 26.9.1

Access is the entry to read first: SmartResearch is no longer gated on a role, and is included for everyone at an organization whose subscription covers it.

Table 1. 26.9.1

Change

Type

SmartResearch visibility is decoupled from role. Where the subscription covers it, every user has it whatever their role, and no permission is assigned. The SmartResearch Analyst role remains as a standalone analytics seat.

Changed

Clarification now recognizes macroeconomic questions, offers options relevant to the question asked, and lets you cancel out of a clarification instead of being re-asked.

Fixed

Answers now cite the time period and entity scope set in User Preferences.

Fixed

Sources are attached to answers consistently.

Fixed

Long questions are no longer truncated.

Fixed

Release 26.8.2

Metering is the entry to read first: consumption moves from cost-based crediting to Action Units, counted per tool call.

Table 2. 26.8.2

Change

Type

Consumption metering moved from cost-based crediting to Action Units, counted per tool call.

Changed

Negative feedback can now raise a support ticket automatically from the feedback prompt.

New

A round’s tool calls now execute concurrently, reducing how long an answer takes.

Improved

15 defect fixes.

Fixed

Release 26.8.1

Metric work leads this release: Metrics Studio can now create and edit metrics from a natural-language description, and the catalog itself was replaced.

Table 3. 26.8.1

Change

Type

Metrics Studio can create and edit metrics from a natural-language description.

New

The metric catalog was replaced with Core Metric Catalog v1.

Changed

Oracle Fusion AR added as a data source.

New

Metrics Studio governance, audit and authoring delivered.

New

Entitlement model with query filter injection and an audit trail.

New

21 defect fixes.

Fixed

Release 26.7.2

This release adds one-select export of a full analysis to Word or PDF.

Table 4. 26.7.2

Change

Type

One-select export of a full analysis (summary, chart and table) to Word or PDF.

New

Release 26.7.1

The behavior change to note is that vendors, customers and invoices now default to active records; the rest is defect fixes.

Table 5. 26.7.1

Change

Type

Vendors, customers and invoices now default to active records.

Changed

8 defect fixes.

Fixed

Release 26.6.2

These entries expand what you can shape yourself, from creating your own skills to setting the historical data range, and align filters across products.

Table 6. 26.6.2

Change

Type

Skills: users can create their own.

New

Configurable historical data range and field scoping.

New

Data filters aligned across SmartResearch, SmartVendor and SmartCustomer.

Changed

Release 26.6.1

This release adds telemetry and credit usage tracking; everything else is defect fixes.

Table 7. 26.6.1

Change

Type

Telemetry and credit usage tracking.

New

6 defect fixes.

Fixed

Release 26.5.2

A fixes-only release. The entry to know about is connector sync events now being written to the System Audit Logs.

Table 8. 26.5.2

Change

Connector sync events now written to the System Audit Logs.

20 further defect fixes.

Release 26.5.1

This release reworks parts of the interface, including a common grid for tables and a Stop control that interrupts a running answer.

Table 9. 26.5.1

Change

Type

Tables across SmartResearch moved to a common grid.

Changed

The Chats page gained bulk selection.

New

A Stop control was added so a running answer can be interrupted.

New

Loading states reworded to report analysis and render progress.

Improved

12 defect fixes.

Fixed

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